R. Palme Dutt: All the literature of Reformism - of the so-called "British School of Socialism'' or "Evolutionary Socialism" or "Democratic Socialism" - without exception rests on the permanent assumption of the Empire. The vast overseas tribute income is taken for granted. The problem is seen as one of "distribution." Just as Churchill, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, openly proclaimed the social services to be based on the overseas investment income, so Reformism assumes the same permanent basis for its social services and proclaims the outcome as the "Welfare State." wordsmith.social/protestation/…